Jim Watson/AFP/Getty ImagesA man blew off two fingers and injured a third when a firecracker exploded in his hand Saturday. Firecrackers are sold at a stand in this file photo.

EDISON — A 30-year-old man was injured Saturday at a backyard gathering in Edison when a firecracker exploded in his hand, blowing off two fingers and injuring a third finger.

The two dismembered fingers were not found until the next day, and one of them was found in a yard two houses away, police said.

At 9:16 p.m. Saturday, police received a call of the man injured in the yard on Terry Street, said Sgt. Darrin Cerminaro.

He said the victim, whose name was not released, had the middle and ring fingers blown off his right hand and the pinky severely damaged.

Edison Emergency Medical Services took the man to University Hospital in Newark, Cerminaro said. Emergency responders searched the area and neighboring yards for the missing fingers without success.

At 8:20 a.m. the next morning, police received a call from a neighbors two doors away who reported finding one of the missing fingers on the concrete next to a swimming pool, the sergeant said.

About 40 minutes later, a 9:56 a.m., residents at house where the firecracker exploded reported finding the second finger, Cerminaro said. He said both fingers were taken to the hospital. He did not have any information on the condition of the victim.